South Korea national football team
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Nickname(s) | Taegeuk Warriors (태극전사 / 太極戰士), The Red Devils | ||
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Association | Korea Football Association | ||
Confederation | AFC (Asia) | ||
Head coach | Cho Kwang-Rae | ||
Captain | Park Chu-Young | ||
Most caps | Hong Myung-Bo (135) | ||
Top scorer | Cha Bum-Kun (55) | ||
Home stadium | Seoul World Cup Stadium | ||
FIFA code | KOR | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 28 | ||
Highest | 17 (December 1998) | ||
Lowest | 62 (February 1996) | ||
First international | |||
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Biggest win | |||
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Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (London, England; August 5, 1948) | |||
World Cup | |||
Appearances | 8 (first in 1954) | ||
Best result | 4th Place, 2002 | ||
Asian Cup | |||
Appearances | 12 (first in 1956) | ||
Best result | Champions, 1956 and 1960 | ||
CONCACAF Gold Cup | |||
Appearances | 2 (first in 2000) | ||
Best result | 4th, 2002 | ||
FIFA Confederations Cup | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 2001) | ||
Best result | First Round, 2001 |
Medal record | ||
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Men’s Football | ||
Asian Games | ||
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1970 Bangkok | Football |
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1978 Bangkok | Football |
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1986 Seoul | Football |
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1954 Manila | Football |
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1958 Tokyo | Football |
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1962 Jakarta | Football |
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1990 Beijing | Football |
The Korea Republic national football team (Korean: 대한민국 축구 국가대표팀, [Daehanminguk Chukgu Gukga Daepyo Team] Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help)) represents Korea Republic (South Korea) in international football and is controlled by the Korea Football Association. Korea Republic is the most successful Asian football team in the history of the FIFA World Cup having participated in eight World Cup tournaments, which is the most amount of appearances for an Asian country. Korea Republic became the first and only Asian team to reach the semi-final stages, at the 2002 tournament, and also won the first two editions of the AFC Asian Cup.
History
South Korea has emerged as a major football power in Asia, winning several prestigious Asian football championships, including the first two Asian Cup tournaments. The South Korean national team has also played in seven consecutive World Cup finals (from 1986), making a total of eight World Cup finals in all.
In their first World Cup finals tournament, the 1954 World Cup as the second Asian team to ever enter the World Cup after the Dutch East Indies, South Korea played games against Hungary and Turkey, losing 9–0 and 7–0 respectively. It took 32 years before South Korea were able to participate in the World Cup finals again, when they qualified for the 1986 World Cup held in Mexico City.
They lost 3–1 to Argentina, drew 1–1 with Bulgaria, and lost 3–2 to Italy.
This difficult streak held until the 2002 FIFA World Cup (which it co-hosted with Japan), in which the South Korean national team earned many wins and finished fourth place overall.
2002 World Cup
South Korea was one of the host nations for the 2002 FIFA World Cup tournament, along with Japan. Led by Dutch coach Guus Hiddink, and assistant coach Pim Verbeek, South Korean team achieved their first ever victory in the first stage (2–0, against Poland), and after a 1–1 draw with the USA, and a further 1–0 victory against heavily-favored Portugal, the South Korean team qualified for the second round.
The USA's shock 3-2 win over Portugal, together with a draw against South Korea was enough to send them through, even though they lost 1-3 against Poland. Portugal were eliminated with one win and two losses, including one against South Korea. Poland were also eliminated, despite beating the USA in their final game.
Their second round opponents were Italy, who were defeated 2–1 after extra time. The South Korea public then began to dream of a semi-final berth, which was attained on defeating Spain on penalties in an extremely controversial win marred by poor officiating.[1] They surpassed the record of their North Korean counterparts 36 years before.
The South Korean team's run was halted by a 1-0 loss to Germany in the semi-finals, and a 3–2 defeat to Turkey in the third-place playoff.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 3 |
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 3 |
2006 World Cup
During the 2006 World Cup, South Korea achieved their first World Cup victory outside Asia by beating Togo 2–1. They then drew 1–1 against eventual finalists France, but lost 2–0 to Switzerland, which knocked them out of the tournament.
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | +4 | 7 |
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3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 5 |
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 4 |
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 0 |
South Korea ![]() |
2 – 1 | ![]() |
FIFA WM Stadion Frankfurt, Frankfurt |
France ![]() |
1 – 1 | ![]() |
Zentralstadion, Leipzig |
Switzerland ![]() |
2 – 0 | ![]() |
FIFA WM Stadion Hannover, Hanover |
2010 World Cup
South Korea won the 2010 World Cup AFC qualification with 16 points – 7 wins and 7 draws in total – making them the only team unbeaten throughout the whole campaign. They then qualified for the knockout stages of the 2010 World Cup Group B with 4 points, winning 2–0 against Greece, losing 4–1 to Argentina and drawing 2–2 with Nigeria. At the knockout stage they met Uruguay, which ended in a 2-1 loss for South Korea, eliminating them from the tournament.
Group B Template:2010 FIFA World Cup Group B
Recent results
Win Draw Loss
2011 Asian Cup
10 January 2011 Group Round | South Korea ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
19:15 UTC+3 | Koo Ja-Cheol ![]() |
Report | Aaish ![]() |
Attendance: 6,669 Referee: Abdullah Al Hilali (Oman) |
14 January 2011 Group Round | Australia ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
16:15 UTC+3 | Jedinak ![]() |
Report | Koo Ja-Cheol ![]() |
Attendance: 15,526 Referee: Abdulrahman Mohammed (Qatar) |
18 January 2011 Group Round | South Korea ![]() | 4 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
16:15 UTC+3 | Ji Dong-Won ![]() Koo Ja-Cheol ![]() Son Heung-Min ![]() |
Report | Chhetri ![]() |
Attendance: 11,366 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) |
22 January 2011 Quarterfinal | Iran ![]() | 0 – 1 (a.e.t.) | ![]() | ![]() |
19:25 UTC+3 | Report | Yoon Bit-Garam ![]() |
Attendance: 7,111 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) |
25 January 2011 Semifinal | Japan ![]() | 2 - 2 (a.e.t.) (3 – 0 p) | ![]() | ![]() |
16:25 UTC+3 | Maeda ![]() Hosogai ![]() |
Ki Sung-Yueng ![]() Hwang Jae-Won ![]() |
Attendance: 16,171 Referee: Khalil Al Ghamdi (Saudi Arabia) | |
Penalties | ||||
Kashiwagi ![]() Okazaki ![]() Nagatomo ![]() Konno ![]() |
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28 January 2011 3rd place match | Uzbekistan ![]() | 2 – 3 | ![]() | ![]() |
18:00 UTC+3 | Geynrikh ![]() |
Report | Koo Ja-Cheol ![]() Ji Dong-Won ![]() |
Attendance: 8,199 Referee: Abdul Malik Bashir (Singapore) |
Friendly Match
9 February 2011 | Turkey ![]() | 0 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
20:00 UTC+2 | Referee: Sergii Boyko (Ukraine) |
25 March 2011 | South Korea ![]() | 4 – 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
20:00 UTC+9 | Lee Jung-Soo ![]() Kim Jung-Woo ![]() Park Chu-Young ![]() Lee Keun-Ho ![]() |
Attendance: 31,224 Referee: Sato Ryuji (Japan) |
3 June 2011 | South Korea ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
20:00 UTC+9 | Park Chu-Young ![]() Kim Young-Kwon ![]() |
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Attendance: 40,876 Referee: Ali Hamad Madhad Saif Albadwawi (United Arab Emirates) |
7 June 2011 | South Korea ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | ![]() |
20:00 UTC+9 | Ji Dong-Won ![]() Koo Ja-Cheol ![]() |
Gyan ![]() |
Attendance: 41,271 Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) |
10 August 2011 | Japan ![]() | 3 - 0 | ![]() | ![]() |
19:30 JST | Stadium: Sapporo Dome Referee: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) |
Coaching staff
Position | Name | Notes |
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Players
Current squad
The following squad has been called up for the international friendly match against Japan on 10 August 2011. (Caps and goals updated as 7 June 2011)[2]
# | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Club | Caps | Goals | Current |
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Jung Sung-Ryong | 4 January 1985 | ![]() |
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Kim Jin-Hyun | 6 July 1987 | ![]() |
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Kim Young-Kwang | 28 June 1983 | ![]() |
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Defenders | ||||||
Park Joo-Ho | 16 January 1987 | ![]() |
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Lee Jae-Seong | 5 July 1988 | ![]() |
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Kim Young-Kwon | 27 February 1990 | ![]() |
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Kwak Tae-Hwi | 8 July 1981 | ![]() |
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Park Won-Jae | 28 May 1984 | ![]() |
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Lee Jung-Soo | 8 January 1980 | ![]() |
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Cho Young-Cheol | 31 May 1989 | ![]() |
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Cha Du-Ri | 25 July 1980 | ![]() |
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Midfielders | ||||||
Lee Yong-Rae | 17 April 1986 | ![]() |
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Kim Bo-Kyung | 6 October 1989 | ![]() |
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Kim Jung-Woo | 9 May 1982 | ![]() |
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Koo Ja-Cheol | 27 February 1989 | ![]() |
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Park Hyun-Beom | 7 May 1987 | ![]() |
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Ki Sung-Yueng | 24 January 1989 | ![]() |
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Yoon Bit-Garam | 7 May 1990 | ![]() |
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Nam Tae-Hee | 3 July 1991 | ![]() |
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Forwards | ||||||
Park Chu-Young (captain) | 10 July 1985 | ![]() |
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Lee Keun-Ho | 11 April 1985 | ![]() |
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Kim Shin-Wook | 14 April 1988 | ![]() |
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Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the South Korea squad within last 12 months. Retired Players are not listed.
# | Name | Date of Birth (Age) | Club | Caps | Goals | Last Call-Up |
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Kim Yong-Dae | 11 October 1979 | ![]() |
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Ha Kang-Jin | 30 January 1989 | ![]() |
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Defenders | ||||||
Kim Joo-Young | 9 July 1988 | ![]() |
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Cho Yong-Hyung | 3 November 1983 | ![]() |
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Yoon Suk-Young | 13 February 1990 | ![]() |
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Choi Hyo-Jin | 18 August 1983 | ![]() |
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Hong Chul | 17 September 1990 | ![]() |
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Kim Tae-Hwan | 24 July 1989 | ![]() |
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Hwang Jae-Won | 13 April 1981 | ![]() |
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Hong Jeong-Ho | 12 August 1989 | ![]() |
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Lee Sang-Duk | 5 November 1986 | ![]() |
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Yeom Ki-Hun | 30 March 1983 | ![]() |
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Cho Chan-Ho | 10 April 1986 | ![]() |
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Ko Chang-Hyun | 15 September 1983 | ![]() |
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Kim Sung-Hwan | 15 December 1986 | ![]() |
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Lee Seung-Hyun | 25 July 1985 | ![]() |
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Lee Chung-Yong | 2 July 1988 | ![]() |
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Kim Jae-Sung | 3 October 1983 | ![]() |
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Shin Hyung-Min | 18 July 1986 | ![]() |
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Ko Myong-Jin | 9 January 1988 | ![]() |
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Forwards | ||||||
Suk Hyun-Jun | 29 June 1991 | ![]() |
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Lee Seung-Yeoul | 6 March 1989 | ![]() |
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Yoo Byung-Soo | 26 March 1988 | ![]() |
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Choi Sung-Kuk | 8 February 1983 | ![]() |
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Son Heung-Min | 8 July 1992 | ![]() |
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Park Gi-Dong | 1 November 1988 | ![]() |
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Jung Jo-Gook | 23 April 1984 | ![]() |
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Ji Dong-Won | 28 May 1991 | ![]() |
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Records
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Competitive record
- *Denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
- **Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.
FIFA World Cup
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AFC Asian Cup
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FIFA Confederations Cup
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East Asian Football Championship
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Olympics Games
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Asian Games
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Managers
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Honours
- Fourth place (1): 2002
Other awards
- Holders: 31 January 1995 - 4 February 1995
- Winners (1): 2002
National team record
Sponsorship
Primary sponsors include Nike, KT, Hana Bank, Hyundai, Daum, Kyobo Life, Asiana Airlines, E1 Corp., Samsung, Sportstoto, Hite, and Samil-Pharm.
Kits
Period | Sponsors | Notes |
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1977–1986 | ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Adidas was South Korea's first offical kit sponsor |
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Sports Fashion Brand of Samsung C&T Corporation |
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Weekend was renamed Rapido in 1988 |
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See also
- Korea Football Association
- South Korea national football team results
- South Korea national football team records
- Be the Reds!
- Red Devil
- North Korea-South Korea football encounters
- List of national football teams
Notes
References
- ^ Hayward, Paul. "Korean miracle spoilt by refereeing farce". The Telegraph. The Telegraph. Retrieved 20 July 2011.
- ^ "Team Squad (For Friendly Match vs. Japan -10.08.2011)". KFA. 2011-07-27. Retrieved 2011-07-27.
- ^ "대표선수도 국제경기서 버젓이 서독 아디다스, 일본 미즈노등 외제 스포츠용품 국내시장 석권". Kyunghyang Sinmun. 1981-02-27.Template:Ko icon
- ^ "필승!위크엔드스포츠-멕시코월드컵에서 대표팀과 함께 뜁니다". Kyunghyang Newspaper. 1986-05-30.Template:Ko icon
- ^ "월드컵 상혼 장외서 뜨거운 "광고전쟁"". Kyunghyang Newspaper. 1990-06-20.Template:Ko icon
- ^ "축구협회 월드컵유니폼 교체 '후원금 최소 100억'". Kyunghyang Newspaper. 1997-12-11.Template:Ko icon
External links
- Korea Football Association Template:Ko icon
- South Korea Red Devils Template:Ko icon
- South Korea Nike Template:En icon
- South Korea (Korea Republic) FIFA Template:En icon
- FootKorean - Your source for Korean football Template:En icon